Improvement in pencils



. ,Emmy AUG 8 171 Mmmm: A gummi f4( ff UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY T. OUSHMAN, OF NORTH BENNINGTON, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT vlN PENCILS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,748, dated August8, 1871.

To all whom it 'm ay concern: Beit known that I, HENRY T. GUsHMAN, oi'North Bennington, in the county of Bennington and State oi' Vermont,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lead-Pencils; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same.

In the accompanying drawing is represented a partly sectional vi ew of apencil provided with a coating of iiock, according' to my invention.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in lead-pencils;and consists in providing them with a coating' of flock, by means ofwhich they are less liable to be lost, and more easily handled thanthose now in use.

In carrying out my invention I cover the pencil with glue or otheradhesive liquid, and then with ilock of any desired color. This givesthe pencil a coating' which causes it to adhere to cloth,

and thereby prevents its sliding or slipping from the pocket.

This improvement does not add to the cost of the pencil, as my roughcoating may be applied Vitnesses: NELSON O. WiLoox, WM. J. ToMBs.

